An Amazing Revolutionary Era Life Discovered!
Four years ago, I sat next to a dinner party guest and learned about an old journal passed down through generations by her family. The previously unstudied, but well-preserved journal […]
Four years ago, I sat next to a dinner party guest and learned about an old journal passed down through generations by her family. The previously unstudied, but well-preserved journal […]
Unquestioningly, people assume that intimate relationships among the sexes in Revolutionary America were what we commonly refer to today as puritanical. Well that might have been the reality at one […]
Often, historians focus too heavily on military campaigns and political activities when interpreting the American Revolution. In doing so, they miss important cultural, social and demographic trends which greatly influenced […]
Book Review The Queen’s American Rangers Donald J. Gara (Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2015 Contrary to popular belief, significant fighting in the American Revolution took place between rebel and loyalist […]
A Historiography of the published works on Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam Historians in the first half of the 19th Century hotly debated the effectiveness of Putnam’s military career. First […]
Visit oft neglected sections of Arlington National Cemetery on your next visit to reflect on past and future vets. This walk takes about one hour along shaded paths away from […]
Joseph Ellis, the Pulitzer Prize winning historian is the author of a new book chronicling the period after the American Revolution up to the enactment of the US Constitution in […]
Book Review Moses Robinson and The Founding of Vermont Robert A. Mello Barre and Montpelier: Vermont Historical Society, 2014. Most historians emphasize Ethan and Ira Allen’s role in the founding […]
Book Review Stark: The Life and Wars of John Stark, French & Indian War Ranger, Revolutionary War General by Richard V. Polhemus and John F. Polhemus, (Delmar, NY: Black Dome […]
This week the Journal of the American Revolution published my article on How the British Won the American Revolution. Feedback has been considerable with strong views supporting and contesting my […]